This is a full lesson on creating an Autumn acrostic poem. This pack includes: Teaching slides - with modelled text. Planning page Word Bank (both for display & printable) 4 x printable poem templates which can be coloured for display. Autumnal display bunting with other autumnal decor.

This resource focuses on describing setting during creative writing. It begins with a starter which focused on personification and teaches learners how to use personification and create it. The resource then shows a number of winter settings and encourages learners to describe the setting using the five senses. This can be printed as a page for learners to complete independently or in small groups. Alternatively, it can be completed as a whole class on the interactive whiteboard. The resource then talks the learners through the process of planning. This resource uses the story mountain format which has been attached as a pdf. Finally, the resource gives a modelled story opener to discuss with learners.

This writing lesson teaches and models how to use figurative and descriptive writing to create a spooky setting. It models an example for learners and contains a planning page for learners to plan their own writing in a setting of their choice.

This resource teaches learners how to use persuasive strategies and use these to create a persuasive letter to Santa. It discusses the effect of different persuasive devices then provides a modeled letter that can be the basis of class discussion for learners to identify the strategies used and the effect they have. It also models the correct layout of a letter.

This resource revises what instructional writing is and the different kind of instructions we can get. It then goes on to model the layout and key features of an instructional text. The resource models a text on how to make fairy cakes, however this could be used as an example and changed. At the end of the resource there a few slides showing learners how to improve their instructions by adding in sentence openers, powerful verbs, adverbs and adjectives.

Reflective Writing - The Best/Worst Day of My Life As pupils progress in their writing, it is important to teach them how to progress their basic recount writing into reflective writing. Rather than just retell events pupils will describe their thoughts/emotions and reflect on how these events impacted them positively or negatively. Pupils really enjoyed this writing piece and I emphasised that it didn’t have to be a hugely emotional experience which could upset them. The pupils had recently visited a residential stay so I felt that this was a good one to model for them as many of them had different experiences of it. This resource takes you through what it means to be reflective. It also provides examples for the pupils which allows them to discuss if the paragraph recounts or reflects. There is also a modelled writing piece which breaks the writing into sections for the pupils.

This writing resource works well along the RSPB Bird Watch which takes place this time of year. Whether children are actively bird watching outside or simply learning about birds around them, it is a great way to engage with nature. This lesson models for learners how to research four different birds and take notes in their jotter. It then demonstrates how to turn these short notes into engaging sentences for their reader. Finally it models for learners how they can lay this out neatly in their jotter and include some of the key features of an information text like headings, subheadings, pictures and captions.

This resource begins with encouraging learners to create questions about Victorian schools which can become their subheadings. It then demonstrates how to take notes and then transfer these into paragraphs. It also then models the text on lined paper so it mirrors their jotter. It demonstrates the structures and features of an information text that they can include in theirs.

This reading comprehension retells the story of the Great Race which created the Zodiac calendar. It contains two tasks: Task 1: Analyses new or tricky vocab Task 2: Comprehension questions

Two level reading comprehension based on the story of the three wise men. It is told through the eyes of one of the wise men Melchior. This is a great modelled text to inspire children to write their own version of the story through a wise men. It includes a range of questions from literal, to inferential to vocab focused. There are also three follow up tasks for learners to complete.

Daily morning Starters to engage learning first thing in the morning. The starters rotate on a weekly basis. They cover a range of topics from: Numeracy Spelling Grammar Writing Problem solving Geography General Knowledge Inferencing Skills

This Chinese New Year is the year of the dragon so the writing focus is going to be on a character description of a Chinese Dragon. This resource explains the five different aspects of a character that pupils should describe in order to successfully convey their character to their reader. It also provides a modelled text, and a table worksheet for them to record examples of each aspect from the text. This will help give them inspiration for their own story. This resource includes the main lesson, the recording table and the planning page. I have also included a printed copy of the texts which could be printed out for pupils.

This resource teaches learners how to write a newspaper article by looking at the main features. It covers Names of newspapers Headlines Bylines/leadlines Formal tone

This resource aims to provide learners with a range of learning experiences relating to the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The activities include: History of the Olympics - Timeline activity Host City of the Olympics - Factfile of Paris Offering their own city as a host - Persuasive Letter to the Olympic Committee. Sporting Events - Researching & creating an information text on different sporting events Olympic Logo - Designing a new olympic logo

This lesson teaches children about persuasive writing and different persuasive strategies they can use. It then gives different targets (success criteria) that learners need to achieve in order to successfully produce a good persuasive letter. It also includes two different example texts (one good and one that requires improvement)

This resource teaches learners about instructions and how to design an Easter themed scavenger hunt that another pupil or teacher could set up. It also includes a modelled text to demonstrate what is expected of learners.

Upper Primary/KS2 Descriptive Writing Setting Lesson - Through the Keyhole This is setting focused writing lesson is a popular and engaging lesson for learners. The lesson provides an engaging story starter prompt which learners can use or come up with their own. The focus of the lesson is what the character ‘Mia’ sees through the keyhole. Learners may choose to keep this character or will adapt with their own ideas. The lesson can be solely focused on describing what is seen through the keyhole or more confident writers may wish to continue the narrative with the character stepping through the door. The lesson pack contains story starter prompt example settings and description opportunities for learners to work co-operatively planning pages (senses page or a simple mind map) an art template of a keyhole for displays setting word banks for the four picture prompts included

Halloween Imaginative Instruction Writing - How to Make a Magic Potion This is a great creative instructional writing lesson to engage learners during Halloween. It teaches learners how to write instructions and revises the different purposes of instructional writing. For more able learners, the resource demonstrates how learners can improve instructions by adding openers, powerful verbs, adverbs and adjectives. This resource also includes: Teaching slides Planning page. Printable word bank 2 differentiated modelled texts which could be adapted to suit different ages or abilities. 2 x writing templates which could be used for display. 1 x cauldron template and 1 x recipe book template. It also includes 5 different potion bottle templates for learners to design. These come in small or larger sizes. Display bunting saying - Our Magic Potions.

This creative writing lesson focuses on describing a spooky character. The lesson begins with a simile starter activity which can be completed as a class or in groups. It also then includes a follow up similes worksheet that learners could complete independently. The resource then focuses on how we can describe a character by their: appearance behaviour/actions personality/attitudes The resource includes a modelled passage about a vampire where learners can identify what they learn about the character and sort it into the three categories. Again this can be completed as a whole class or in groups or there is a follow up worksheet that could be completed independently. The resource also includes: Planning page Word bank (with vocab for each of the three categories)

This writing resource teaches learners how to write an instructional text. It uses the theme of carving pumpkins to engage learners. The lesson can be completed using learners prior knowledge of carving pumpkins or after carving pumpkins as a class. This resource includes: Full teaching slides Planning Page Modelled text Word bank